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    Oil weight for 5.3? 0-20 no good?

    I'm guessing that's probably also close to the ratio of the number of trucks with the different engines since most purchasers wouldn't pay more for the bigger engine and if they needed more they'd go diesel.
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    Oil weight for 5.3? 0-20 no good?

    2014 was 11 years ago it shouldn't be that hard to find work trucks or even regular drivers with 200k+ on them. I think there are some members floating around the forum who posted mileage up there in some of the reliability anf mileage posts.
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    Oil weight for 5.3? 0-20 no good?

    Even GM vehicles.
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    Scan Tool

    For that age a snap on MT2500 with the proper OBDI cartridge is the best scanner to get. You can find them for pretty decent prices because they're obsolete to anyone who wrenches professionally.
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    4-low lock-out?

    Get the used switch. No reason to pay a lot for a switch especially for an X police vehicle where not much else will be like new.
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    2020 Rust problems (How to fix and what can be replaced)

    Where are you located? If a winter rust area find a place that does oil spray rust proofing, not the hard no drip stuff. That'll pretty much stop it. Doubtful GM will do anything to fix it. You could sand it off yourself and put black rustoleum over it.
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    That there are engines before and after the range of ones in the recall that are still running 0W-20 shows that there is an issue with parts like GM stated. The thicker oil is more the cheapest thing they could do to delay the inevitable. If I had one of of those engines I'd want it fixed not a...
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    22" chrome wheel leaks

    That's good to hear!
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    Oil weight for 5.3? 0-20 no good?

    0W-20 has been the specified oil since around 2013 and the 5.3 hasn't had the problems the later 6.2 has so you'd be safe continuing with that weight. Sure it's a CAFE thing but at the same time all those other gimmicky fuel mileage things built in to newer engines make them pickier about...
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    1999 Gmc Yukon Electric help

    It's probably all related. You still need to to check that circuit and see what alls on it as a start to figuring it out.
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    1999 5.7 Vortec problem

    Ate you sure the oil level wasn't high before? That's a lot of gas to get past the rings in such a short amount of time.
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    Like I said in an earlier post it seems like the different oil is a band aid solution to get them past warranty. It's the same trick that's been used forever running thicker oil in older worn out engines to try to keep them going longer only in this case they aren't old.
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    Will All terrain Tires fix my issue? Pls advise

    Are three brake hoses new and calipers in good shape? Nothing drags? Did they try changing the wheels around to different positions. I had a right side pull problem once on one of my vehicles that a couple places couldn't fix. I mentioned it to a different shop and he checked it adjusted it for...
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    0W-20 to 0W-40?

    You mean 0W-40? It looks like you've been doing good with what you're already doing and a year that still had good engines.
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    I would guess the failure rate is similar. A large amount of trucks get used for the same sort of driving as full size SUV's. The days of trucks being primarily used for work are long gone.
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    At the same time these engines have been using 0W-20 since around 2013 without major issues until the last few years with the 6.2 and now there are people who even have failures within a short amount of time of getting a warranty engine. That's a huge sign there's something else going on.
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    It looks like 2013/2014 was the switch over to 0W-20. While that is a very thin oil it seems like the switch to thicker oil is a band aid to get the engines with defective parts past the warranty period. There's a lot of years of vehicles with a lot of problem free miles on them running 0W-20 to...
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    Recall = M1 0w-40

    When it was manufactured means nothing it's the year of the truck that makes the difference.
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    Recall = M1 0w-40

    https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/breaking-gm-is-officially-recalling-the-l87.154084/
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    Tahoe, Suburban, Yukon And Escalade Recalled Over 6.2L V8 Engine Loss Of Propulsion

    There's already a long post about this https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/threads/breaking-gm-is-officially-recalling-the-l87.154084/
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    Odd to me Dash Light

    You can turn that speed limit indicator on and off in one of the dash options. Mine went missing after one of the modules was replaced. On roads with no info it disappears. I think its based on the built in nav system because we don't use onstar but it seems like they'll switched to onstar on...
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    They've said before thst thicker oil causes issues with the AFM lifters so I wonder if this change might cause shift to more issues with that. While 20 weight is thin oil a lot of vehicles have been using it for 25 years or more without these major issues so it seems more like a bandaid on GMs...
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    Spun Rod Bearing - 2021 Yukon Denali 6.2 L

    Where's the source for Chrysler using Chinese bearings? That's a new one. They never had major engine issues like these ones. Their biggest problem has been the same sort of lifter issue as GMs are having.
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    PPV and engine hours.

    The Ford number is for idle hours, not engine hours which is already partially included in the odometer mileage. It's more to track maintenance then wear but it is pretty common for police vehicles to have 6000 or more idle hours.
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    Rock Auto Discount Codes - Post 'em Here for Others to Use

    Used this one yesterday and it worked for 5% off.

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